The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-19

Win ITtmOliuX mana or SuOuiucI tuat
iinches with fear, instead OF his TAX
ing the catamonnt. the catamount
takes him. What would become OF the
! fsreenlander IL. when out hunting for
the bear, he should stand shiverlng
with terror on an iceberg? What
would have become of DuChaillu and
Livingston In the African thicket with
faint heart and weak knee? When
panther comes within twenty PAGES
of you, and it has its eye on YOU, and
II has squatted for the fearful spring:
STEADY there"
Courage, q We spiritual huntersl
There are great monsters OF iniquity
prowling all around about the COM
munity. Shall we not, In the strength
of God, 20 forth and combat them.
We not only need more heart, but
more backbone. What Is the Church
of God that IL should not fear TO look
In the eye any transgression! There
is the Bengal tiger OF drunkenness
that prowls around, and instead of at
lacking IL, how many OF US hide under
the church pew or the communion
table, There is so much invested in IL
we are afraid 10 assault it--millions
of dollars in barrels, in watts, in spigots,
in corkscrews, in gin palaces with
marble floors and Italian top tables
and chased ice-coolers; and in the
strychnine, and the logwood, and the
/ tartaric acid, and the nux vomica,
that 20 TO make up our pure Amer
lean drinks. | looked with wonder
ing eyes on the Heidelberg tun." IL
is the great liquor vat of Germany,
which is said TO hold 800 hogsheads
of wine. and only three times In 100
years has il been filed. But as
stood and looked at IL said 10 myself:
THAT Is nothing-Soo hogsheads.
Why. our American vat holds 4,500,-
900 barrels Of strong drinks, and we
keep 100000 men with nothing TO do
but 20 see that il is filed"
Oh, to attack this great monster of
intemperance, and the kindred mon.
sters of fraud and uncleanness, re-
quires you to rally all your Christian
courage. Through the press, through
the pulpit, through the platform you
must assault IL. Would TO God that
all our American Christians would
band together. not for crack-brained
fanaticism, but for holy Christian re-
/ form.
think IL was in 1893 that there
went out from Lucknow. India, under
the sovereign, the greatest hunting
party that was ever projected. There
were 10000 armed men In that hunt
ing party. There were camels and
horses and elephants. On some,
princes rode, and royal ladies, under
exquisite housing, and 500 COLES
waited upon the train. and the desc
late places of India were invaded by
this excursion, and the rhinoceros. and
deer, ana elephant, fell under the
stroke of the saber and bullet. After
while the party brought back tro-
phies worth 10000 rupees, having left
the wilderness of India CHASTITY with
the slain bodies of wild beasts.
Would TO God that instead of here
and there straggler going out to
fight these great monsters of iniquity
In our country, the million member
ship OF our churches would band to-
gether and hew in twain these great
crimes that make the land frightful
with their roar, and are fattening up
the bodies and souls of immortal men.
Who Us ready for such party as that's
Who viii be mighty hunter for the
Lord?
remark again: If you want To be
successful In spiritual hunting, you
need not only TO bring down the game,
but bring 1t in. / think one of the
most beautiful pictures of Thorwald.
sen is his autumn. IL represents a
sportsman coming home and standing
under a grapevine. He has staff
over his shoulder, and on the other end
of that staff are hung a rabbit and
brace of birds. Every hunter brings
home the game. No one would think
of bringing down reindeer or whip.
ping up stream for trout and letting
them lie In the woods. At eventide
the camp is adorned with the treasures
of the forest -beak and fin, and antler.
If you go TO hunt for immortal
souls, not only bring them down under
tho arrow of the gospel, but bring them
int the Church OF God. the grand
home and encampment we have pitch
ed this side Of the skies. Fetch them
In, do not let them lie out In the open
field. They need our prayers, and
sympathies, and help. That is the
meaning of the Church OF God-heip.
o We hunters for the Lord! not only
bring down the game, but bring II In
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